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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Samuel G. Harris and Tryphenia Harris

Samuel G. Harris married Tryphenia Harris and they had
a son, Fleming Matthew Harris who married Augusta Ann Harris and they had
a son, Gamewell Calhoun Harris who married Sarah "Sally" Brakefield and they had
a son, Edward Boyd Harris who married Ida Mae Shaw and they had
a son, Clyde Harris who married Mabel Louise Cohen and they had
a son, William "Billy" Clyde Harris who married Peggy Annette Prince and they had
Stan

Samuel G. Harris (DOB: abt 1772 in ? ; DOD: Between 1850-1860 in Union County, SC) Samuel migrated from Virginia some time after 1790 with his brother, Marion. They may have been from Chesterfield County, Virginia because that is where Tryphenia was from. They came with Tryphenia and her parents, Thomas and Sallie Harris. Marion Harris settled in Rutherford County, NC and Samuel settled on Brown's Creek in Union County, SC near what is now Kelly's Station on the Lockhart Branch of the Southern Railroad. Union County was formed in 1775 after the Cherokee Indians gifted the land to the Greenville/Spartanburg County lines to the King as a good will gesture. Settlers poured into the new land and Samuel was one of them.

Union County Will Book APp. 157-158:
Will of Sally Harris widow of the late Thomas Harris of District... to my daughter Trisenah Harris, all the property she has received and my side saddle; to my daughter Nancy Taylor Dillard, the property in her possession and $15, one cow, calf, etc; to my daughter Fransanny Price, $9 and no more; the balance of my estate to my sons Pleasant, Flemming Harris; the land to be divided, stock. furniture, equally betweeen them by John Hughey, Jesse Jinkins, Saml Otterson, giving Pleasant the part of the land where the plantation is, one negro woman Fann; sons Pleasant, Flemming Harris, exrs., 18 Jul 1810. Salley Harris (S) (Seal), With Saml Otterson, Jess Jinkins (X). Proved by Majr. Saml Otterson, Oct 1810.

Samuel G. Harris was a farmer. They had 8 children that I'm aware of:

1) Fleming Matthew Harris, aka F.M., Mattie, Maddie, and some thought his name was Frances Marion or Frances Madison (DOB: 2/4/1809 in Union County, SC; DOD: 8/10/1897 in Union County, SC) married Augusta Ann Harris before 1831 in Union County, SC. For more information about Fleming Matthew Harris' family see another posting on this website.

7) Samuel Pleasant "S.P." Harris (DOB: 7/20/1806 in Union County, SC; DOD: 8/9/1879 in Union County, SC) married Sophia Hancock (DOB: abt 1815 in Union County, SC; DOD: ? in ? ). They had 3 children that I'm aware of: James Lemuel Harris (aka Tink Harris), Jane C. Harris, William H.S. Harris (aka "Squire"Harris). a) James Link or Tink Harris (DOB: about 1834 in Union County, SC; DOD: 11/13/1891 in Trough Shoals (now known as Pacolet, Spartanburg County, SC); married Nancy Ann Gallman in 1857, both are buried in Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Union County, SC) b) Jane C. Harris (DOB: about 1835 in Union County, SC; DOD: 5/12/1907 in Union County, SC; married W.H. Koon in 1866; both are buried at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Union County, SC) c) William H.S. "Squire" Harris (DOB: 5/24/1839 in Union County, SC; DOD: 12/28/1913 in Union County, SC ; married Sophia Hancock )

8 ) James Coger Harris (DOB: abt 1813 in Union County, SC; DOD: 3/9/1884 in Union County, SC) married Frances Shell (DOB: abt 1815 in Union County, SC; DOD: ? in ? ). They had 8 children that I'm aware of: Hester Ann "Hesteran" "Hesteram" Harris, Maryann Harris, Both Harris, Samuel Ira Harris (he was listed as S. or J. Ira Harris), Frances Harris, Calvin Harris, John William Harris.
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3 comments:

Hi. I am happy that you have done this research. I've written before.W.H.S. Harris, son of Samuel Pleasant Harris, was born in Union County on 24 May 1839. He married Maryann Ophelia Foster sometime around 1870, and they are found in the 1900 census for Jonesville. He died 28 Dec 1917 and was buried in the Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery in Union County, SC. Ophelia was the daugher of William Smith Foster and Jane Hancock, so the couple were first cousins. They didn't have any children together, but William had fathered a boy named Chester C. Harris in 1866, mother unknown, who died in Daula, Georgia, 15 Aug 1901. I have this information, but I am not sure whether this was an interpretation of mine or clear fact. James Lemuel Harris was my second great grandfather. He had three children with Nancy Gallman, but after the Civil War, he had a family with Amanda Millwood (AKA Bradley).

I would appreciate any source info you have on the James Lemuel Harris and Amanda Millwood story. James Harris is my great grandfather, and their son, Samuel Jackson Harris,is my grandfather. Sam Harris was adopted by RN Harris. The story told to my Mother and her siblings was that Sam was adopted after his parents died. Is this a cleaned up version of the story? How did you discover this?